Advanced Certificate in International Hotel Management (ACIHM)
The Advanced Certificate in International Hotel Management is your path to more advanced job tiers in the hospitality industry. Specially designed for experienced professionals who already have a solid grasp of hotel operations, the ACIHM focuses on the management principles and tactics required for ongoing career growth.
Register for this career-boosting certification programme to expand your horizon of opportunity. Develop your portfolio of skills, expand your professional network and enhance your résumé to achieve new levels of success.
The ACIHM at a Glance
- An intensive study in the principles of contemporary hospitality management
- 18-month programme with 1 year at the AIHM Campus in Bangkok a 6-month work-based project
- Ideal for early- and mid-career professionals who already possess a solid understanding of hotel operations but may not have had the opportunity of a formal hotel school education in management disciplines
- Opens new doors for growth in management roles within the hospitality industry
- New student intake in March and September each year
Key Benefits of the ACIHM
- Up-skill and graduate with new tools and competencies in contemporary hospitality management.
- Demonstrate your ability and drive to take on higher-level roles with greater responsibilities.
- Complement your operational expertise with new capabilities in commercial strategy, leadership skills and advanced areas of hospitality management.
- Gain a certification with real-world potential. Learn foundational and advanced management skills, study and apply new business concepts in actual hotel settings, and complete your education with a substantial project for an operating hotel or other hospitality business.
- Network with a wide range of hospitality professionals and senior executives and make new connections to support your future growth.
Develop Your Management Career
The ACIHM provides its graduates with enhanced proficiency in:
- Technical knowledge
- Leadership practices
- Data-driven decision-making
- Interpersonal communication and people management
- Marketing, sales and presentation skills
A Swiss Hotel School Curriculum
In addition to our full BBA degree in academic association with Les Roches, AIHM offers experienced hotel employees the opportunity to earn career-boosting certifications by enrolling in key components of the degree curriculum. The ACIHM allows working professionals with the benefit of industry experience to fill in the gaps in their education—with the added privilege of meeting and learning directly from some of the hotel industry’s most successful innovators and executives.
Semester 1:
Hospitality Management 1
These core hospitality management courses will expose you to key business management theory in areas such as marketing, finance, accounting, sustainability and human resources. Through our guest speaker series, you also meet and interact with some of the industry’s most accomplished entrepreneurs and business leaders. A unique Integrated Hospitality Project tasks you with collaborating with your fellow students as a team to develop real-world solutions in a consulting project for an actual industry client.
Courses
- Integrated Hospitality Project I
- Principles of Sustainability and Innovation
- Hospitality Financial Accounting
- Managing Diversity in the Global Workplace
- Marketing for the Hospitality Industry
- Academic Communication Skills
- Leading Teams to Success
- Fundamentals of Data Analysis & Visualisation
Semester 2:
Hospitality Management 2
These courses in more specialised areas of hospitality management enable you to develop a deeper understanding of team leadership, financial management, revenue management, F&B management, sales and marketing strategies, and the management of hospitality facilities and inventory. A second, more advanced Integrated Hospitality Project provides you with continued real-world learning, building on your growing skillset.
Courses
- Integrated Hospitality Project 2
- Food and Beverage Management
- Hospitality Financial Management
- Digital Marketing and Sales
- Rooms Inventory and Control Management
- Hospitality Facilities Management
- Revenue Management
Semester 3:
Internship
Learners and AIHM’s educators will work together to devise a six-month project to be conducted within an actual hotel or hospitality business. The project will develop specific practical skills or expand knowledge and understanding of a particular hospitality area or process.
Integrated Hospitality Projects
Offering students unparalleled opportunities for real-world learning, AIHM’s advanced certificate programme features two semester-long Integrated Hospitality Projects. Work together with your cohort as a team to innovate a new business solution for a real hotel client. Projects are carefully selected to leverage and reinforce your growing skills and knowledge as you progress through the curriculum.
The Integrated Hospitality Projects complement the ACIHM’s emphasis on career-boosting applied learning and networking with elite industry leaders alongside academic studies.
2023-2024 Calendar
Academic Requirements
- Minimum education level: High school diploma or equivalent. (Candidates who do not meet the academic requirements may be considered based on their prior experience in the hospitality industry.)
- Minimum English-language level: IELTS 5.5 or above in all areas, TOEFL 525/70, or Cambridge FCE/CAE Grade C. (Students without any of the aforementioned English certifications will be invited to take the Common European Framework test to assess their English capabilities.)
Expand Your Opportunities Today
Open the door to new management career opportunities. Apply to AIHM’s Advanced Certificate in International Hotel Administration programme to support your career progress and achieve your goals. Begin the application process today.
